People freak out when I suggest we all stop with the sod/grass lawns that require water and gas to mow them.10% of the water in the west is used by the public. 90% goes to agriculture and industry.
Sure, people should not have lawns, and we should not be dependent on desert agriculture unless it is proven, sustainable.
One year it was really dry in MI. All my dad's neighbors were watering their lawns my dads lawn went dry as shit. I thought he might have killed it. Then it rained and the next day my dad's grass was green.
I live in condo on a lake. At least we pump up the lake water to water our grass. All that water goes right back into the lake.
I thank god my ancestors moved to MI. I used to ask myself why my Greek grandparents picked cold ass Michigan. Not California, AZ, Florida. Now I'm glad. We hardly ever get hit by bad natural disasters. Sometimes a tornado comes through but that's about it. No sunami's. No hurricanes. Monsoons.
For 2 years Lake Huron was really low. I thought global warming and maybe Nestle Bottled Water was drying up the Great lakes. You could see boulders you could never see before that were under water the years before. Well one year suddenly the lake levels went back up thank god.